Sanctions have undermined russia's missile production to the point it "almost completely halted", said Nataliia Humeniuk, spokeswoman for the Operational Command "South" responsible for Ukraine's military operations in the southern regions. Yet, the industry is still "showing signs of life" so the threat of more missile attacks is real, although not in the way russia has been doing it for the last four months, the Ukrainian official reported during a briefing at the Military Media Center.
Now that the Kremlin's attempt to gain advantage by targeting power supply infrastructure failed, with Ukrainian energy lines state operator Ukrenergo reporting 20 days without energy deficit in the power grid, russian army is looking for another tactic.
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The same applies to the russians' use of Shahed-type kamikaze drones: "If earlier they launched them in [groups of] 14-25 units, now it's 4-8. They are searching for tactics that would effectively neutralize our air defense and land a successful strike, because previous mass attacks did not bring the result they were hoping for."
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